Paranoid for Android APK
App information
Version 1.1.23 (#23)
Updated 2020-04-30
APK Size 1.4 MB
Requires Android Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Offered by Albion Research Ltd
Category Free Tools App
App id com.albionresearch.paranoid
Developer's notes Find out which apps can spy on you...
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Latest updates
What's new in Paranoid for Android 1.1.23
Additional privacy risk added.
Improvements to help information.
Some fixes for permissions on later Android versions.
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Editor's review
Download the latest Paranoid for Android application, version 1.1.23, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free Tools app is developed by Albion Research Ltd and is easy to download and install.
Previous versions, including 1.1.23, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.
Description
For example, an app which can determine your exact location is fine: an app that can determine your location and report it back to someone else using SMS or the internet is more risky. A well-known messaging app which also tracks your location and your phone calls for no valid reason is definitely questionable, as many people have only just discovered.
This is a free app: if you like it or find it useful, please consider buying me a coffee (in app purchase) to encourage future development.
Ratings and Reviews
Rating: 3.9/5 based on 5+ reviews
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5 ★ This is a handy tool to have on your phone. It keeps you from having to go through each and every app to check permissions and then decide whether the app actually needs all permissions requested. Sometimes I would not think an app needed a permission that come to find out it had good reason for it. Just simplifies by analyzing those things for you then makes a recommendation based on what it finds.It doesnt remove anything or turn off any permissions. This just gives you the info you need to make that final decision of whether or not to delete the app yourself. Saves me TONS of time from investigating. Thanx developers! A+ to you!
5 ★ The more you know about your phone, the more control you have over it. Paranoid gives its users the clarity needed to make good downloading and permission decisions with their apps, allowing users to protect their privacy! Easy to use, easy to read, and the app is VERY accurate in its descriptions. An app well worth downloading in this user's opinion.
4 ★ The interface is not the prettiest but it does the job and easily let's you see which apps have permission to access your camera, location, etc. Then just tap the app and it takes you into the settings so you can remove permissions. Great for someone who has way too much installed on my phone.
3 ★ does what it says it will, but honestly you can get the same info from your own phone without having to download this app, so I'm kinda confused as to the point of this app...but props for doing what it says it will! which unfortunately, is not a common theme with every app here. so yay for that!
1 ★ It's the same thing I can find out under apps. I don't need this to know that I blocked all the apps I didn't want to do things. It still bring them up for you to see. But if you go under ( settings) "apps" click on the one you want to check out. Look under permission and click on or off for each. Your phone will ask you to turn them back on if you go to use that app in that way.
5 ★ This APP opened my eyes to alot of information...most of all, this APP made me aware that I don't need to give permissions for most things in the APPS permissions category. Also I figure that for items like, they can listen to me or watch me, I will just turn the permission off until the APP asks me to turn it on in order to use the APP at that time, then turn the permission back off. Great APP so far, I just used it and performed a thorough check of my phone APPS for the first time.
5 ★ I love the main functions and idea behind this app, and it has performed both accurately and responsively in every detail. I'm slightly confused as to which apps I should allow to have certain permissions, because I may have just declined certain permissions from all apps in areas I felt no app should have access to without the knowledge of the phone owner/user, but that is not at all this apps fault, as it is my lack of smart phone knowledge anymore these days. Thanks for the app!
4 ★ it's a great app. Gives lots of info on apps. The only thing I don't like is when it says that it doesn't have a description for a permission but finds it harmless. If it can't tell me the description of the permission than how can it know if it is harmless or not. Other than that this is a really great app and I will be sharing it with my friends and family. Bravo!
3 ★ Haven't tried it yet. But... Let's see. No more removing your battery... camera on both sides.. microphone, no laws making it against the law to demand access to contacts.. ... HAS ANYONE THOUGHT OF MAKING A WEBSITE TO CREATE bogus contacts, web & gps history? And mac id spoofing?...ect. Can you say needle in a haystack and F.U. to the government and hackers. Hello N.S.A. Hello China.
1 ★ Wildly inaccurate: reports many apps as having permissions they do not have, meaning that it's pretty useless. I am extremely careful about what permissions I grant to apps. I won't even install one that requires permissions I don't see why it needs. Unless there are permissions that are not visible from the app manager, I'm sure that all the apps on my phone have the bare minimum permissions they really NEED -- and if there are such invisible permissions, I can't modify them, can I?
4 ★ I like the app idea, but I feel like I'm overwhelmed by the fact that unless you just give up using your phone. You will never get ahead of the best offerings of Android. (sic) I wish that Samsung and Google would take a consumer friendly approach to apps and services. Fat chance that will ever happen.
5 ★ This App does what it said it would do.. It will list what apps you have downloaded have permission to do, and what ones don't ask permission to do.. I was shocked to see what my downloaded apps could or was doing.. Deleted a few apps after discovering this app... THANKS TO THE CREATOR OF THIS AWESOME APP... IT'S QUITE SHOCKING....
5 ★ Nice. Makes it easier to go thru permissions and informative. Pretty good points & sources too. I've heard "idc I have nothing to hide" countless times lmao. Fu€k that. Also, Paranoid is a PERFECT name, paranoia has got me very far and safe when it comes to this stuff(and no personal records online). Props.✌
4 ★ Quickly check app permissions and canned reports by permission and priveledge type. . interesting what you will find.. many apps on your smartphone have unnecessary access as well as elevated priveledges that are not needed by the app in question. - why would a live wallpaper or screensaver need access to phone, contacts, gps if its only flipping pics to display. Many apps are elevated beyond need by far including some system apps.. makes short work of system priv checks and verifications. nice
5 ★ i was shocked to learn some of my built-in apps were dangerous. no option to uninstall i can only Force stop them. thank you for sharing this wealth of fact based info!! it's worth more than a cup of coffee!! 😁 ((5+ stars))
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